Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-11-14
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Supreme Court to-day.
Hicksyille has fine new hotel.

Supreme Court to-day.
Hicksville has fine new hotel.
Several new houses are TO be built in
Highland Park tract.
William Doyle is building 81 900 house
in the Oak Park tract.
| There will be battalion drill at Armory
Hall this evening. All are invited to at
tend.
| The river has risen little during the
| past two days, and now indicates feet 81
| inches.
| 1t is stated that several new members
| will be sworn in in Company A tomorrow
evening.
The case of the People vs.. John Harri-
son, charged with burglary, will come up
in the Superior Court to-day.
Isaac Cannon, a laborer of this city, had
suit of clothes stolen from his room in
the Postotice building Saturday.
Calf is talking about getting an electric
light plant, starting cable-hne street rail-
way, and establishing public park.
/ John Q. Brown, of Sacramento, has sold
his interest in the Woodland Gas Works to
company OF local capitalists. The price
| was $12, 500.
The grading of K street, from Eleventh
to the upper part of the city, is nearly COM
pleted. What has become OF the street.
railway project?
1t is reported that the Langford Colony
tract has been sold TO Mr.. Hatch, the
Solano fruit-grower, who intends TO use it
all for fruit purposes.
Most of the trains arriving yesterday on
the new schedule time were late but the
trainmen say that they will straighten
matters in few days.
A. Bianchi appeared at the Receiving
Hospital yesterday to have a scalp wound
dressed which was inflicted with club in
the hands of Pete CARL.
Yesterday afternoon, at the ball game a
horse broke away from the hitchns-post
on the outside of the grounds, and at last
accounts had not been heard from.
The Supreme Court will, on Thursday
next, hear the argument on motion for a
new trial in the case of Alexander Golden
son, the murderer of Mamie Kelly.
1t was rumored yesterday that the noto-
rious panel thief had come back TO town.
| Chief Dillman gave orders to the officers to
order her to leave town Immediately.
There is q dangerous hole in the sewer at
Twenty-trst and T streets, and if not at
tended to may give the newspaper reporters
an item and mulct the city in damages.
Saturday evening lady and gentleman
were nearly run over in crossing Fifth and
| X streets by a team driven by come young
bloods. Is there no law to prevent fast
driving in our streets?
| In few days, the Gait Ditch Company
will test their work by turning the water
into the ditch. About q half mile of their
irrigation canal has been completed and
the work is progressing satisfactorily.
| The whistle at the Water Works did not
| blow the alarm for yesterday mornings
| fire, as it did not reach the " alter Works
| in an Ineligible manner. 1t also failed to
reach No. 2 Engine house. The apparatus
at the Water Works should be placed in
repair, as the people rely on the whistle
| for fire alarms.
| Shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday morn
| ing an alarm was turned in from box 10
| The department responded promptly and
| found the blaze in small frame house in
| the alley between n and o, Seventh and
Eighth streets, occupied by Mrs. Silvy.
Cause, lamp explosion; damage, about
500; insurance of $500 on furniture.
The river traffic is falling off little, as
most of the grain along the banks has been
moved. Saturday the Varuna came down
| from the upper river with barge of freight
! and returned with a similar load The
D. Z. knight passed up stream en- route
| from the Bay to Marysville. San Joaquin
| No. came up from San Francisco with
barge of freight
The hook and ladder and No . engine
companies had drill yesterday morning
| at hall-past I o'clock at the Tenth and Q
| street school. In two minutes and five
| seconds connection was made with plug,
| the Hayes truck raised and stream taken
| onto the roof of the building. The drill
lasted for an hour and half and was en-
tirely satisfactory to those engaged and the
many spectators.
In the notice of changes of railroad time
table published Saturday, ii was stated that
the overland train would leave San Fran
cisco at P. NJ, arriving here at $50. then
| proceeding east Ogden would be reached
the next morning at 7.30. This would be
| very fast time. but the overland does not
| arrive in Ogden until twenty-four hours
| later. In all it takes fifty and half
hours to go to Ogden.
The average signal service temperature
Saturday was $50. being 70 warmer than
the normal for that day. The
| highest and lowest temperature was
$50 and 500, with gentle northerly winds
and clear to fair and clear weather. The
| average temperature yesterday was Sc,
bang 50 warmer than the normal for that
day. The highest and lowest temperature
was 720 and 400, with gentle northerlv
winds during the day, and fresh southerly
at night, weather clear.